Cloth-board with cushioning edges.



-. W. T. WILSON.

CLOTH BOARD WITH CUSHIONING EDGES.

APPLICATION man me. la. m3.

1,138,434. Patented May 4, 1915.

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CLOTH BOARD WITH CUSHIONING EDGES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 1913.

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CLOTH BOARD WITH CUSHIONING EDGES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG, 18. I913.

1 ,138,4:34. Patented May 4, 1915.

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-UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WYLE '1". wiLsoiv, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PEN SYLVANIA.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I,-WYLE T.-W1Lso1v, a citizen of the United States, .residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth-Boards with Cushioning Edges; and

I do hereby declare the following to be, a full, clear, and exact description of the in= vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. r v r This invention relates to cloth boards preferably madeof paper, especially adapted forshipping and handling cloth, or other material wrapped on the same, and has for its object to provide a comparatively inexpensive construction which will be more efficient in use than those heretofore proposed..; Q

To those ends the invention consists in the novel details of-construction and com binations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly; pointed; out in thoclaimsJ Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views :'Figure 1 is a perspectivefview of a completedboard made in accordance with. my invention; Fig-2 is a transverse sectional view of the same taken, on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig.

4 is a plan View of the body of the board with cover plate and outer covering re- ,moved; Fig. 5 is a plan view of a blank out of which the body shown in Fig. 4 ismade;

Figs. 6, 7 8, 9, 10' and'll" are detailplan views showing different board bodies pro' vided with stiffening or bracing members; Fig. 12 is a sectional view of one form of stiffening member, suitablefor Figs. 6 to 11;

Fig. 13 is a sectional view ofamodified 'formpf construction; Figs. 14,15 and 16 are diagrammatic sectional views of still further modified 1 forms :of my invention;

Figs. 17, 18 and19 are detail diagrammatic views of still further. modified forms ofconstruction; and Figs. 20, 21, 22 and 23 are like views of other modified forms of my 1 indicates. a oard on which silk, cloth, etc., may be wound, made from the paper blank 2, Fig. 5, Whose sideflap 3 is bent Specification of Letters Patent.

a hollow form as indicated inFig. 12.. j Fig.7, I add the additional hollowmembers 416 and 47. In Fig. 8, I employ the diagonal hollow member 49 and the additional memhers 50 and 51. In Fig. 9 two members 15 1 CLOTH-BOARD WITH GUSHIONING- EDGES.

to form the wall 4, bent again to form the wall 5,;bent again to form; the Wall 6, and again to form the wall 7 overlying the; flap 3 or wall of the rectangular hollow prism 16, Fig. 2, which being thus formed, runs along'the edgeof the board 1, and serves to give it thickness, rigidity andstrength. The paper blank 2 is providedon its other edge with the flaps 8, 9,10,11, 12 and 13 which are. similarly'folded to form a second curved edge and the wallsof a second prism 18 in all respects the same'as the prism 16, as will be readily understood from Figs. 2 and5. The blank 2 is further provided with end flaps numbered from 26 to 31 and from 32 to 37 respectively which are folded-as indicated inFig. 3 to form the end prisms 24 7 r T Patented May 4, 1915. Application filed August 18, 1913. Se1jial No. 785,331. i

withthe narrow strip like flaps 4:0 and ll, which fold down over the end prism 24, and V the similar narrow strip like flaps 12 and 43 which fold down over the end-prism 25, as will be clear from Fig. 4;. 'Thebody form thus produced is open at the top as shown, and may be conveniently closed by a sheet 20 Fig. 3, which is glued or otherwise secured to the walls ofthe prisms as indicated.

' Over'thewhole or a part of the closed hollow board thus formed I may now paste the finishing sheet or envelop 21, Fig. 2, to improve its appearance.

In some cases the body of the board needs further stiffening and I provide the same by inserting the bracing member 4C5 preferably made byfolding astrip of. paper inIto are employed alongside the prisms 16 and 18 and in Fig. 10 the additional members 52 and 53 are employed alongside the prisms 2 1 and 25. In Fig. 11 the single additional member '54 .is jplaced between the members 45 as shown. :7, I

In the modified form of my invention shown in Fig. '13, I i provide; two hollow edge members 55 and 56, a box member .57

into which fits a second box member 58,. and

I secure to said parts by any convenient means the paper sheets 59 and ,60.thus completing the cloth board. In

Fig. lagthe box' bers. In Fig. 16, the sheet 65 envelops the box members, while in Fig. 17 the blank is rolled up to form the prism 67 and hollowedge 68 as indicated. In Fig. 18 the box member 70 is opened out to receive the hollow triangular prisms 71 between its walls and the box member 58. In Fig. 19 the tri angular prism 72 is secured to the box member 73 and the sheet 74 pasted over the whole as indicated. In Fig. 20 the T shaped 1 member 76 is secured to the body 73 and the sheet 74 secured over the whole. In Fig. 21, the additional strips 77 and 78 are added to the parts as shown. In Fig. 22 the D shaped member is secured to the box mem ber, and in Fig. 23 the paper is folded to form the prism 80 and then the triangular prism 81, and the paper 74 pasted over the whole.

As is well known, cloth boards as generally employed are provided with end and side edges of wood, and it results from thisconstr uction that when silk and other goods are wrapped on such boards, any im pact by a hard or sharp object catches the fibers of the goods between the said object and the firm wooden edge, so that said fibers are apt to be indented and broken and the goods areinjured i By'my invention on the other hand, in all the forms illustrated I provide yielding or soft edges, such for example as those formed by the air spaces 18 and 19, the prisms 24 and 25, etc., or by the other exposed sur'-- facesof the board, which edges or surfaces receive such impacts, so that no matterihow, nor where the goods are struck, my board will yield and cushion the blow and thereby protect the goods from injury.

Not onlyfis my board capable of yielding as just described, to protect the goods against 7 injury, but'it is also light and strong, and can by employing the braces disclosed be.

made as stiff as desired.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction, the material out of which my board is made, as well as the arrangement of parts, without departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the above disclosure exceptas may be required by the claims. I claim is 1. A cloth board provid tion having top and bottom sidewalls; cushioning edge walls joining said side walls; end walls terminating flush with said sid walls and joining said edge walls, substantially as described.

'tion having top and bottom side walls ioning edge walls associated with hollo IlOW body, substantially as described.

ed with a body por- 1 2. A cloth board provided with ta -hollow. body portion having top and bottom side walls; hollow cushioning edge walls joining said side Walls; and end walls terminat' flush with Said side walls and joining edge walls, substantially as described.

3. A cloth board provided with a body p91,

chambers joining said side walls; and on walls terminating flush with said side and joining said edge walls, substantially described. V 7 v 4. A cloth board comprising a hollow 4 portion; stiflening means associated Wi 1 said body portion; side walls associated said body portion; cushioning edge walls minating in said side walls; and end we terminating in saidside and edge walls, stantially as described. 1 body'- 5. A cloth board comprising a hollow portion; stifiening means comprising hollow prisms associated with said body portion; sidewalls associated with said body portim cushioning edge walls terminating in side walls and end walls terminating in sa' side and edge walls, substantially as describedf 6. A cloth board comprising a hollow body portion; stifi'ening means comprising holl w prisms and additional. stiffeners associated with said body portion; sidewalls associated" with v said body portion; cushioning edge walls terminatinginsaid side walls; and walls terminating in said'side and edge walls, substantially as described.

7 LA hollow'cloth board body made from a single blank and provided with hollow" stiffening members, hollow cushioning edand end walls terminating flush' with body,- Substantially as described. '8. A hollow cloth board body made from a single blank and provided with hollow stifl". ening members, hollow cushioning ed 7 end walls terminating flush with said body andadditional stiffening material, associated with said body, substantially as described. a Y 9. A hollow cloth board body provided with hollow cushioning edges and end walk terminating flush with Said body, substam tially as described.

10;"In a cloth board the combiliation of n, hollow body; end walls terminating flush with said body; hollow cushioning edges" and means for securing said'edge's v,

11. A blank for making hollow cloth boa-I'd bodies provided on one side'with a plurldi of. side flaps adapted to be folded up stiffening prism and an integral cushionin edge; and having on one end a plurality it end flaps adapted to be folded into ahollmistiffening end prism, substantially as described.

12. A blank for making hollow cloth been! i I bodies provided on each side With a plural- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature[ 10f sidef'fflaps adapted todbe ffiflfdied .intoha in presence of'two witnesses. oowsti enlngprisman a 00Wcus--' ioning edge; and provided on each end with V WYLE SO 5 a plurality of end fla-ps adapted to be folded Witnesses:

into a hollow prism, substantially as de- B. BRYAN, scribed. I JOHN G. SACHS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each by addr essing the Commissioner of fatents, V Washington, D. G. 7 1 

